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Eopuntia douglassii
Eopuntia douglassii R.W. Chaney Amer. J. Bot., 31(8): 507. 7 Nov 1944
- Name
- Eopuntia douglassii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Eopuntia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Chaney R. W.
- Publication
- A fossil cactus from the Eocene of Utah [1944/11]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 8
- Page number
- 507
- Year
- 1944
- Fossil Status
- stems
- Stratigraphy
- Priabonian
- Strat. comment
- Green River Formation
- Location
- vicinity of Watson, 4 1/2 miles east southeast
of Big Bonanza near the bottom of the canyon of White River, at the eastern border of the south-east quarter of Section 28, Township 9 south,
Range 25 east of the Salt Lake Meridian, Uinta County, Utah, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Repository Number
- 2816
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Repository Number
- Nos. 2817 and 2817a (counterpart): Three miles south of Rainbow; collected in 1926.
Paratypes Nos. 2818 and 2818a (counterpart): White River, just below Ute Oil Shale Plant.
Paratypes Nos. 2819 and 2819a (counterpart): Below Thimble Rock, in the lower fifteen feet of a shaly bed
